Huawei has delisted the Mate X2 from its online store in China, reports ITHome. The company has removed both the original 5G model as well as the 4G variant.

The smartphone is likely discontinued. The firm is yet to make an official statement.

The Huawei Mate X2 is the company’s first-generation inward-folding foldable smartphone. It was announced in February 2021.

Most importantly, it is the company’s last 5G foldable smartphone. It is also the last Huawei foldable with a Kirin chipset and Leica cameras.

Hence, it is sad to witness the discontinuation of this phone. At present, it is not known whether the company will bring it back under its refurbishment program, as it does with other handsets.

The Huawei Mate X2 was the thinnest foldable smartphone when it was released. This title now belongs to the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2. It was also the most feature-rich, especially in terms of cameras. But the Vivo X Fold took over this mantle when it got released, followed by Vivo X Fold+.

The Mate X2 featured an 8-inch 90Hz horizontal inward folding foldable display and a 6.45-inch 90Hz cover screen. It was powered by HiSilcion Kirin 9000 chipset. The original model even had support for 5G.

Either way, both 4G and 5G variants came with Leica-powered cameras. The rear quad-camera setup comprised a 50MP primary snapper with OIS, a 16MP ultra-wide unit with autofocus, a 12MP 3x telephoto shooter with OIS, and an 8MP 10x periscope camera with OIS. The cover display housed a 16MP front-facing camera.

The device was backed by a respectable 4,500mAh battery with support for 55W wired fast charging.

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It was reported earlier this month that Huawei is working on the Huawei Mate X3 foldable phone. Today, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station took to Weibo to confirm some of the key specs of the device. It appears that the launch date of the Mate X3 may not be far away as it seems to have received approval from the TENAA authority of China.

According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the Huawei Mate X3 will be sporting an in-ward folding design and will come equipped with a high refresh rate display. He added that the device will be equipped with the Kirin 9000 4G chipset, a 4,500mAh battery, and the latest HongMeng OS (HarmonyOS) 2.0.1 edition.

The tipster did not share any information on the launch date of the Huawei Mate X3. A Huawei device with model number PAL-AL00 was spotted in the database of the CMIIT authority earlier this month. Now, the same device has bagged approval from the TENAA authority of China.

Speculations are rife that the Huawei PAL-AL00, which is a 4G LTE device, will break cover as the Mate X3 foldable phone. Unfortunately, the TENAA listing of the PAL-AL00 has no information on its specifications. The mere appearance of the device at TENAA is a good hint that its launch may not be far away.

Last year, Huawei announced the Huawei Mate X2 4G in June and was made available for purchase in July. Hence, it is likely that the Mate X3 4G may go official around the same time this year. To recall, the Mate X2 came with specs like a 6.45-inch 90Hz OLED cover display, an 8-inch OLED 90Hz foldable screen, a Kirin 9000 chip, 50-megapixel quad cameras, a 16-megapixel front camera, and a 4,500mAh battery with 55W fast charging support.

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At its recent launch event, China-based tech giant Huawei has officially launched the latest version of its HarmonyOS, an operating system developed in-house. Along with that, the brand also launched a few devices.

However, the company has not announced any new smartphone at the event. But the company has started pre-sale for a few smartphones. The 4G variants of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro, Mate X2, Mate 40E, and Nova 8 Pro are now available for purchase in China.

All these smartphones come pre-installed with the latest version of HarmonyOS, which is also known as HongMeng OS in China. As noted, the devices are the 4G variant and the company has removed 5G connectivity support on these phones which runs HarmonyOS.

As for the configuration, most of the phone’s specifications remain the same as the original model, except for some changes like removing support for 5G. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro 4G and the Huawei Mate X2 4G come powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 SoC and pack up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB internal storage.

On the other hand, the Huawei Mate 40E 4G is powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 990E chipset while the Huawei Nova 8 Pro 4G is powered by the Kirin 985 SoC. Both the phones are now up for pre-order in China.

Apart from these phones, Huawei has announced that more than 100 devices from the brand, including smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices, will be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2. The company claims that this will bring a brand new user experience to more than 200 million users.

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China-based tech giant Huawei has quietly revealed the 4G variants of the Mate 40 Pro and Mate X2 smartphones in its home country. Both the smartphones are the same as the 5G variants, except that these new models don’t come with support for 5G communication.

While the devices have been listed online on Huawei’s official website in China, the company has not yet revealed the pricing and availability details. We expect the pricing to be lower than their 5G variants but to know for sure, we will have to wait for the official announcement from Huawei.

Huawei Mate 40 Pro 4G

The smartphone comes with a 6.76-inch OLED display that offers 2772 × 1344 pixels screen resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 240Hz touch sampling. It comes with a curved screen that is curved at 68-degree.

The phone has support for an under-display fingerprint sensor as well as 3D face recognitions. This is done through dual front-facing cameras — a 13MP Ultra Vision camera and a 3D Depth Sensing camera. On the backside, the device features a 50MP primary sensor, a 20MP ultra-wide-angle lens, a 12MP periscope Super Zoom camera. There’s also a 3D depth-sensing camera.

Internally, the device is powered by the company’s own HiSilicon Kirin 9000 chipset but it doesn’t support 5G connectivity. It packs 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage with support for expanding storage using a microSD card.

The device runs the company’s own EMUI 11 based on the Android operating system and is powered by a 4,400mAh that supports 66W wired fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 5W reverse wireless charging.

Huawei Mate X2 4G

This is the 4G variant of the foldable smartphone launched in February this year. The device features a 6.45-inch OLED external screen that offers a 2700 x 1160 pixels screen resolution (456ppi), a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 240Hz touch sampling rate.

There’s also an inner display of 8-inch when unfolded and boasts a 2480 x 2200 pixels screen resolution (413ppi) and a P3 wide color gamut. It is also an OLED panel and has a 90Hz refresh rate but its touch sampling rate is lower at 180Hz.

Under the hood, it is powered by the Kirin 9000 SoC and packs 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. There’s also support for storage expansion through the company’s proprietary NM card slot.

As for the camera, there’s a 50MP f/1.9 RYYB sensor with OIS and it comes along with a 16MP f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera, a 12MP f/2.4 telephoto camera with OIS, and an 8MP f/4.4 RYYB periscope camera. On the front, there’s a 16MP camera but users can take super selfies with the rear cameras when the device is unfolded.

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